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The Rwanda Energy Survey highlights significant progress in expanding electricity access, with 63.9% of households now connected,though rural areas and refugee camps still face substantial gaps in both electricity and clean cooking services. Targeted policies are needed to address these disparities and advance toward universal energy access by 2030
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- KT Press
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Unlike other smartphone payment plans, customers will have the convenience to make daily, weekly or monthly instalments and also bundle the purchase of Engie Energy Access Rwanda’s solar systems with Samsung smartphones at an affordable cost.
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- The New Times
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Henry Nyakarundi, the brain behind African Renewable Energy Development (ARED), suggests that the current regulation makes it hard for investors in renewable energy to deploy and scale their investments. The problem, he says, is that the government is the regulator and at the same time a player in the same sector.
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- Zawya
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The partnership will see Bboxx providing its innovative technology and PAYGo finance model and TotalEnergies Marketing Rwanda LPG cylinders. Partnership demonstrates viability of partnership model in extending clean cooking access and marks first stage of expansion across Africa, targeting 1 million people over the next 5 years.
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- Solarquarter
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The collaboration aims to enhance energy access in Rwanda by developing grid extensions and deploying grid-tied solar generation units, known as ARCs, across the country. The initiative will provide electricity to at least 40,000 households, schools, and health centers for the first time, significantly boosting Rwanda’s clean energy mix.
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- How we made it in Africa
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In Rwanda, more than half the vehicles on roads are ‘moto-taxis’. They are the backbone of the country’s transport system. Ampersand, a fast-growing electric motorbike company in Kigali, is allowing motorbike taxi drivers to save money and cut emissions.
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- Solarquarter
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The allocated funds will be channeled into eligible projects spanning renewable energy, climate adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity conservation, energy efficiency, forestry, food security, healthcare, affordable housing, and social services, among others.
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- The Worldbank
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In just 15 years, Rwanda has increased its electricity access to 75% from 6% in 2009. This took government ownership, leadership, and commitment, partnership with the private sector, funding from development partners, and dedicated structure and institutional strengthening.
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- Xinhuanet
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Rwanda became the headquarters of Africa’s innovation financing facility, known as timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation. The foundation launched by African leaders in January this year at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is a bold partnership between UNDP, African governments, and the private sector.
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